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From: James Rhett Aultman <jaultman@cise.ufl.edu>
Subject: Re: running commands when packet matched
Date: Mon, 05 Dec 2005 12:48:18 -0500
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To: Georgi Alexandrov <georgi.alexandrov@gmail.com>, netfilter@lists.netfilter.org

Georgi Alexandrov wrote:

> Danger Will Robinson: Conventional wisdom says that auto-blocking is
> inherently dangerous."


Actually, for what I'm trying to do, switching to userspace is probably
not that dangerous.  The reason is because I am trying to match one
packet, then the rule for the matching is actually switched off.  In
other words, I want to match a single packet, run some user code, then
remove the rule for matching that packet.  Given this, I can't see how
the scenario you've laid out would be that big of a threat.

--
Rhett.